FSOS graduate students share research at national and global meetings
Graduate students in Family Social Science are presenting their research at a variety of conferences this spring – from an inaugural conference on family therapy in Saudia Arabia to the World Therapy conference, they are demonstrating the strength and breadth of their scholarship.
Aalaa Alshareef to present at historic Saudi family therapy conference
Aalaa Alshareef is presenting a three-hour workshop, “Medical Family Therapy: The Theory and its Practice,” in the very first family therapy conference in Saudi Arabia sponsored by the Saudi Social Studies Society (SSSS).
With the state mission “towards a scientific and professional reference in the field of family counseling,” organizers seek to define the concept of family counseling, establish a scientific and professional reference to qualify practitioners in the field of family counseling, and build ethics and standards for practitioners in the field of family counseling.
Graduate students supported by Ruth E. Hall Funds
Zamzam Dini and Nusroon Fatiha presented posters at the International Family Therapy Association World Therapy Congress, March 26-27. The title of their presentation was “Strengths-Based Approaches When Working with Immigrant/Refugee Families: COVID-19 & Beyond,”( Dini, Z., Fatiha, N., Song, S.).
Athena Chan, Seonghee Hong, Sun-Kyung Lee, and Olivia Tomfohrde will present posters at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) 2021 Biennial Meeting, being held virtually April 7-9. Chan and Sun-Kyung will present “Parent- and peer-adolescent relationships as predictors of adult intimate relationships: A 13-year longitudinal study of maladaptive interaction patterns,”( Chan, A. C. Y., Lee, S-K., Piehler, T. F. & Ha, T.). Hong will present “Online parenting resources: Perception by parents with young children and its impact on their utilization,” (Hong, S., Her, M., & Walker, S.). Tomfohrde’s poster is entitled, “Pilot Test of a Mentoring Program for Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Mixed-Methods Study and collaborators,” (Tomfohrde, O., Hudock, R., Kremer, K., Fatiha, N., Goerdt, A., & Weiler, L.).
Cahya H. Yunizar will make a presentation at the International Conference on Gender and Sociology, April 22-24, in New York. The title of the presentation is “Early Marriage in Indonesia: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Families of Early Married Women,” (Yunizar, C. & Xiong, Z.).
Lijun Li will present the paper, “Emerging Adults’ Current and Future Financial Well-being in a Post-Pandemic Economy: A Multinational Comparison,”( Li, L., Sorgente, A., Lanz, M., Vosylis, R., Fonseca, G., Lep, Ž., Zupančič, M., Crespo, C., Relvas, A., & Serido, J.) at the American Council on Consumer Interests conference, May 18-20.
Hong will also be part of a round table at the 2021 Teaching Family Science Conference, being held virtually June 7-11. The title of the presentation is “Graduate Student Instructor Experiences,” (Burcher, S. A., Brar, P., & Hong, S.).
Graduate students presenting regionally, nationally
Jingchen Zhang will also be presenting a paper and a poster at the SRCD biennial meeting in April, supported by a SRCD conference grant. She will present the paper, “Child Cardiac Vagal Regulation Moderates the Relationship between Parenting Behaviors and Anxiety Symptoms in Post-Deployed Military Families,” (Zhang, J., Gewirtz, A.), and the poster, “Linking coercive parent-adolescent interactions to coercion in adult romantic relationships: Longitudinal associations across contexts,” (Zhang, J., Piehler, T., Ha, T.).
Anne Williams-Wengerd will present at the Midwestern Psychological Association on April 23, on “Provider Perspectives on Determining SMI Treatment Effectiveness,” (Gunty, A., Maples, A.). She will also present at the International Death, Grief & Bereavement Conference in June on “Review of Grief Experiences in Parent of Young Adults Experiencing Serious Mental illness: Applying an Ambiguous Lens.”
Quiye Cai and Reo Wang will also present posters at SRCD. Cai will present ”Early life stress and cardiometabolic risks: Systematic review and meta-analysis,” (Zhong, D., Cai, Q., Riegelman, A.), and Wang’s is entitled “Adolescents’ Judgment of Verbal Harassment related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity/Expression: The Role of Perceived Intention and Outcome,” (Wang, Y., Horn, S.)
Sloan Okrey Anderson will present at the Rainbows Over the Rockies: Stronger Together Virtual Summit in April. They will present “We Don’t Have Enough of a Shared Reality to Have an Emotional Connection: The Impact of Religious Non-Affirmation on Family Relationships for LGBTQ Adults,” (Anderson, S.O., McGuire, J.).
Wang and Anderson will also present at the virtual 2021 LGBTQ Research Symposium in June. Wang will present “Parents’ Attitudes About Safe Schools Policies and Practices,” (Wang, Y., Callahan C., & Horn, S.), and Anderson will present “Religion-Based and Gender-Based Harassment of Religious Trans and Gender Non-Conforming Adolescents,” (Anderson, S.O., McGuire, J.).
Family Social Science students are making an impact not only on the field but also on diverse families and communities. Their innovative research ranges from adolescents and stress to gender identity and religion to parenting and intimacy and is being disseminated to scientific, practitioner and educational audiences across Minnesota, the nation and globally.